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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Esther treat the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She gives her special attention.
(b) She ignores her completely.
(c) She is kind to her.
(d) She gives her a hard time.

2. What does Dorothee NOT ask Virginia regarding what will shock her parents more?
(a) She has run away from home to act in her very first play.
(b) She is in a Jewish company.
(c) She is a girl in love with a prostitute.
(d) She is playing a Jewish girl.

3. In the love scene between Manke and Rifkele, what does Dorothee do, regarding the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She refuses to do the love scene with Virginia.
(b) She tells her to practice the love scene with someone else first.
(c) She forces her to do the love scene.
(d) She checks in with Virginia to make sure she is comfortable with the embrace.

4. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) The poor.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) The Jewish youth.
(d) For everyone.

5. In 1921, New York City: The Bowery Theatre, the lines that were spoken at previous theatres is now spoken in what language?
(a) German.
(b) Creole.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemml has been told he needs to change his name to something more American. To what does he change it?

2. What does Madje wish Sholem had never done?

3. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?

4. When Freida says she is not sure about how to play a Jew, and Elsa says she is Jewish. What does Freida say?

5. When was Indecent's Broadway premiere?

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